“Why did Karen press Ctrl+Alt+Del?”/“She wanted to see the task manager.”

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Entry from February 28, 2020

“Why did Karen press Ctrl+Alt+Del?”/“She wanted to see the task manager.”

People often want to see a manager, but a “task manager” is not a person. A riddle was posted on Reddit—Jokes on December 25, 2019:

Q: Why did Karen press Ctrl+Alt+Del?
A: She wanted to see the task manager.

Wikipedia: Task manager
A task manager is a system monitor program used to provide information about the processes and applications running on a computer, as well as the general status of the computer. Some implementations can also be used to terminate processes and applications, as well as change the processes’ scheduling priority. In some environments, users can access a task manager with the Control-Alt-Delete keyboard shortcut.

Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/thudly December 25, 2019
Why did Karen press Ctrl+Alt+Delete?
She wanted to see the task manager.

Twitter
Lame Jokes
@lamejokes_net
Why did Karen press Ctrl+Alt+Delete? : She wanted to see the task manager.
11:59 AM · Dec 25, 2019·IFTTT

Twitter
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@OregonProgress
Why did Karen press ctrl alt delete?
She wanted to see the task manager.
4:27 PM · Dec 25, 2019·Twitter for Android

Twitter
Dad Jokes
@Dadsaysjokes
Why did Karen press ctrl + alt + delete?
She wanted to see the task manager.
2:28 PM · Feb 16, 2020·Twitter for iPhone

Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/halospecial February 24, 2020
Why did Karen press ctrl + alt + delete?
She wanted to see the task manager.

Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/killiomankili February 28, 2020
Why did Karen press Ctrl+Alt+Del
She wanted to see the task manager

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